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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.Any news of interest regarding the ongoing erosion problems on Pagham Beach will, from now on, be shown on my other blog together with general beach photos.. Click on the link... Pagham Beach Blog on this page.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

I am not sure where this bird is feeding but it is quite mobile! Just a few flight photos taken from a distance and cropped.

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Skylarks were also in good voice this morning, too!

...and to continue the 'flight' theme a Sandwich Tern

A bird with both feet firmly on the ground..... a male Blackbird hunting very successfully for worms to feed youngsters in a nest in a gorse bush.

It was particularly interesting to see him offload his beak-full before probing for another and then refilling his beak before repeating the operation time after time but losing a few each time in between!

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

A quick visit to Arundel before the rain set in this morning resulted in a few photos. Around Swanbourne Lake, the usual contenders but I was surprised to note a young Spotted Flycatcher being fed by parents at the western end at the foot of the hill...a rather distant cropped shot but sufficient to identify.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

I have heard the call of a Little Ringed Plover during the past few days but not until this afternoon did I locate the bird on the shingle, adjacent to the 'old' car park. I was taken by surprise and managed a quick out of focus record shot before it was disturbed by walkers.

I cannot recall ever seeing an LRP on the Spit before.

A Skylark allowed a reasonably close approach.

Skylark on song post.

More and more Wood Pigeons appear to be using the spit as a feeding ground....

I can only assume they are finding weed seeds.

Painted Ladies are becoming more frequent but most seem either quite worn or worn out from their Channel crossing and then resting on the beach.